Biography:

Leonardo Mouramateus is a Brazilian filmmaker and multimedia artist. He holds a Master's degree in Multimedia Art from the University of Lisbon and a degree in Cinema and Audiovisual from the Federal University of Ceará, Brazil. He wrote and directed films shown at several festivals such as Locarno, Viennale, IDFA, Cinéma du Réel and Bafici. Retrospectives of his filmography were presented in Portugal, France, Colombia, and more recently at the IFFRotterdam. "Life lasts two days", his second feature, received an honorable mention of the international competition jury at the FIDMarseille. "Greice", his third feature, premiered in 2024, also at the Rotterdam Festival, later winning the award for best director at Indielisboa.

 Project:

Tozé, a Portuguese immigrant of very few words, is trying to return to the south of France after being thrown out of his home. He earns a few cents by painting the walls of Pipa’s flat, a young woman from Lisbon who barely looks him in the eye.Magdalene, a young foreigner, sneaks into the grave of a recently murdered friend, only to find it empty. Before she can alert others, Jesus appears beside her, resurrected, to say goodbye. Jona, a museum guide, meets Denise, a Brazilian student. Helping to complete her academic work, Jona introduces Denise to the painting ‘‘Appearance of Christ to Mary Magdalene’’. The passion between the two crosses the night, through the streets of Lisbon, but when they meet again she acts as if they had never met.

Three stories that intersect and illuminate each other over the course of a few days inLisbon. A romantic comedy, but also an essay on the capacity of desire to awaken us from indifference.